The annual Home & Garden show is back for year 41 in the city of Pittsburgh and year 20 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center downtown.The Home & Garden Show was first created by the late John DeSantis back in 1982 with 133 exhibitors. Today, the show has grown so large it takes up both the first and second floor of the convention center and lasts for over a week.”My dad started this 41 years ago. He had seen numerous shows around the country, including London’s, and he came back with the idea and created this,” said Mark Moore, the executive director of the Home & Garden show. “The first year, the show broke even, and the second year it just kept getting better and better. We grew over 41 years. This show grew a lot.” Founder and former executive director of the Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show, DeSantis, died on Jan. 1, 2022. Now Moore has taken the reins, following in his father’s footsteps. Moore said the Home & Garden Show is divided up into four product categories: the Garden Pavilion, the Construction and Remodeling Center, Home Interior Galleries and Kitchen and Cooking Collection. “Everything is here, everything is at the show and it’s everything for your home and garden,” said Moore. “We have outdoor kitchens, landscapers, pavers, people who do the swim spa. There’s a place where kids can create crafts, and we have people to help them with the crafts, something for everyone.” The list goes on as for what’s available at the show. Tickets are $10 for adults, $4 for children ages six to 12 and free for children under the age of six. Tickets can be reused for free re-entry by going to the re-admission booth after purchasing a ticket and requesting a re-entry pass. Visitors are allowed to return to the show as many times as they want without paying admission after their first paid visit. The show began on Friday, March 3, and runs through Sunday, March 12. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays, and 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
The annual Home & Garden show is back for year 41 in the city of Pittsburgh and year 20 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center downtown.
The Home & Garden Show was first created by the late John DeSantis back in 1982 with 133 exhibitors. Today, the show has grown so large it takes up both the first and second floor of the convention center and lasts for over a week.
“My dad started this 41 years ago. He had seen numerous shows around the country, including London’s, and he came back with the idea and created this,” said Mark Moore, the executive director of the Home & Garden show. “The first year, the show broke even, and the second year it just kept getting better and better. We grew over 41 years. This show grew a lot.”
Founder and former executive director of the Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show, DeSantis, died on Jan. 1, 2022. Now Moore has taken the reins, following in his father’s footsteps.
Moore said the Home & Garden Show is divided up into four product categories: the Garden Pavilion, the Construction and Remodeling Center, Home Interior Galleries and Kitchen and Cooking Collection.
“Everything is here, everything is at the show and it’s everything for your home and garden,” said Moore. “We have outdoor kitchens, landscapers, pavers, people who do the swim spa. There’s a place where kids can create crafts, and we have people to help them with the crafts, something for everyone.”
The list goes on as for what’s available at the show.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $4 for children ages six to 12 and free for children under the age of six.
Tickets can be reused for free re-entry by going to the re-admission booth after purchasing a ticket and requesting a re-entry pass. Visitors are allowed to return to the show as many times as they want without paying admission after their first paid visit.
The show began on Friday, March 3, and runs through Sunday, March 12.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays, and 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
